About Ahmed Mejjati
Lived 1936 – 1995 (aged 58–59). Ahmed Mejjati was a Moroccan poet.
Ahmed Mejjati (born in Casablanca in 1936 – October 1995) was an influential Moroccan avant-garde poet.
Biography Mejjati studied in Damascus and completed his PhD in Arabic literature at the Mohammed V University in Rabat, where he also worked as a professor of Arabic literature.
He won the Ibn Zaydoun Award for poetry in Madrid in 1985, and the Prix du Maroc du livre in 1987.
Work Mejjati's poetry uses pure Arabic diction and original syntactic formation. He published poems in magazines, but only one book of poetry: Al Fouroussiya (Chivalry).
The Syrian critic Mohammed Mohi Eddine called Mejjati's poem Assouqout one of the most beautiful poems in the Arabic language.
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Who was Ahmed Mejjati?
Moroccan poet (1936–1995)
When was Ahmed Mejjati born?
Ahmed Mejjati was born in 1936 in Casablanca.
When did Ahmed Mejjati die?
Ahmed Mejjati died on 1 October 1995 in Rabat.
What was Ahmed Mejjati's occupation?
Ahmed Mejjati was a poet.
What nationality was Ahmed Mejjati?
Ahmed Mejjati was Moroccan.
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